Book ID: CBB000302112

Semiotic Flesh: Information and the Human Body (2002)

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Thurtle, Phillip (Editor)
Mitchell, Robert Cameron (Editor)


University of Washington Press


Publication Date: 2002
Physical Details: 71 pp.; ill.; notes
Language: English

Description Three short essays with commentary on the relationship between information science and the human body, focusing on medicine and biotechnology. Contributors include Richard Doyle, N. Katherine Hayles, Timothy Lenoir, Steven Shaviro, Peter Oppenheimer, and Kathleen Woodward.


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Authors & Contributors
Antonella Tramacere
Collins, Siobhán
Testa, Giuseppe
Roco, Mihail C.
Pinker, Steven
Pigeaud, Jackie M.
Concepts
Definition of human; human nature
Mind and body
Human body
Biotechnology
Genes
Biology
Time Periods
20th century, late
20th century
Medieval
21st century
17th century
Early modern
Places
Italy
Greece
France
Great Britain
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